$100,000 coin theft from locked safe Murfreesboro TN

Frankcoins

Something here doesn't smell right....
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/27975056/coins-valued-at-100k-stolen-from-murfreesboro-home

Broadstruck

A collection of antique gold and silver coins valued at $100,000 was stolen from a house in Murfreesboro.

Dakota Gordon said the crook took the coins from a stand-up safe inside his garage on Wednesday.

"There was no forced entry that we could see," Gordon said. "I know it was locked. I personally locked it."

The burglary happened on the 2700 block of Presley Drive.

According to the police report, several bars of gold, three handguns, a backpack, a driver's license and a Social Security card were also stolen.

Gordon is still trying to figure out how the suspect got into his locked garage and safe and stole his family heirlooms.

"We had just about every gold coin from the different countries around the world, such as South Africa and Canada," Gordon said.

The coins belonged to Gordon's legally blind late grandfather, an Air Force veteran.

"The best hobby he had after he lost his vision was doing coins with my grandmother," Gordon said. "When I was very small, he could feel them and tell what they were and how heavy they were. And he enjoyed that."

Gordon's late grandmother's wedding ring was also taken in the robbery.

"It was very special and I was going to give that to my daughter some day," he said.

Gordon said there are a lot of strangers in and out of the neighborhood since his subdivision is still under construction. He is not sure if someone saw the safe while the garage door was opened.

"It's hard to understand and you beat yourself up for it, but at the end of the day, somebody did something wrong and it's a shame," Gordon said.

Police fingerprinted the safe. So far, a suspect has not been named.

lkeigwin

I see three possibilities.

1) The owner didn't lock the safe.
2) The thief knew the combination or where the key was hidden.
3) The owner is lying.
Lance.

DoubleEagle59

I'm thinking a combination of 1 and 3.

He's lying about locking the safe.

He probably left it unlocked through carelessness but now must say he had it locked in order to collect any insurance money.

ScarsdaleCoin

probably closed it but forgot to lock it, but doesnt sound that fishy....just another robbery bummer

DaveWcoins

<< <i>probably closed it but forgot to lock it, but doesnt sound that fishy....just another robbery bummer >>



+1

TonerGuy

I always wondered why people put safes in their garage... I know the whole sink it to the floor idea but you can do that in any part of the house. Safes should always be hidden.

mommam17

That's my thought also, I would never put a safe in the garage. I need it in the house where humans and dogs can watch it...

DAM

<< <i>I see three possibilities.

1) The owner didn't lock the safe.
2) The thief knew the combination or where the key was hidden.
3) The owner is lying. >>


And the "locked garage".

jdimmick

Now his address is publicly posted so he can get hit again in the future

Timbuk3

Geez !!! :-)

winky

I agree with #1 and 3.

DMWJR

I've seen this before, but why would anyone keep coins in a safe in the garage?

PTVETTER

THE MOST IMPORTANT THIS:

Guns were stolen, that gets the federal people involved.

The truth will come out in time.

I was told to buy cheep hand guns and put one in each safe, if taken the federal authority will be involved.

epcjimi1

<< <i>Gordon is still trying to figure out how the suspect got into his locked garage and safe and stole his family heirlooms. >>



That's where I keep my family heirlooms.

In the garage safe.

Srsly.

OnlyGoldIsMoney

Another reminder why I rely on bank safe deposit boxes for coins and precious metals.

puffer

This was in another forum a week ago. The consensus was dumb, dumb, dumb. Why aren't the right people there for security sensitive advice and help when you need it? No one to trust except yourself?

Staircoins

4) Inside job by an employee/associate of the safe supplier/delivery company/etc.

Lakesammman

I see three possibilities.

1) The owner didn't lock the safe.
2) The thief knew the combination or where the key was hidden.
3) The owner is lying.

4. He spent the money on women and gambling, the rest he wasted.

Doesn't want to tell the wife.

Raufus

A lot of strangers in the neighborhood which is under construction. He's not sure if someone could have seen the safe? I think that that's a safe bet (sorry for the pun).

Very sad story. Seems like a nice guy.

My 0.02 someone saw the safe, knew that it's easy to get into a garage, they went in when he went out and it was unlocked. It's possible that a camera was hidden in the garage to get the combo.

In any case, a safe in a garage where it's easily seen, with no other security then an easily opened garage door is asking for it.

Multiple layers of security are key as we've seen on this forum all too many times.

$100K in coins and gold would have been far better off in an SDB then in a garage safe w/no other security.

Hope they catch the cooks and that the property is recovered.

WillieBoyd2

The usual suspects are being rounded up.

CoinCrazyPA

<< <i>That's my thought also, I would never put a safe in the garage. I need it in the house where humans and dogs can watch it... >>



+1

ricko

It boggles the mind to see such cases of obvious personal neglect. Possessions of such value require proper security, and a garage safe does not fit the definition. I feel sorry for this person, however, he owns it. Cheers, RickO

roadrunner

<< <i>

<< <i>Gordon is still trying to figure out how the suspect got into his locked garage and safe and stole his family heirlooms. >>



That's where I keep my family heirlooms.

In the garage safe.

Srsly. >>




A major coin player had a very valuable territorial gold bar stolen from their garage in the past 15 years. Or so the story goes. Apparently, a more popular means of stowage than one would think.